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xxii, 231 p.: 23cm This volume familiarizes readers with the varieties of world Englishes used across cultures and creates awareness of some of the linguistic and socially relevant contexts and functions that have given rise to them. Introduction : world Englishes and cultural contexts -- Part I : verbal interaction and intelligibility -- Interaction as cooperation -- Context of culture -- Parameters of politeness -- Intelligibility and interlocutors -- Part II : sound, sentence, and word -- Sounds and rhythm -- Phrases and sentences -- Words and collocations -- Part III : conversational and writing styles -- Converstional interaction -- Interaction in writing -- Contextualizing world Englished literatures -- Conclusion : world Englished : legacy and relevance. Yamuna Kachru. Includes bibliographic references and index English English language Variation English language Dialects English language Foreign countries English language Social aspects Communication, International Sociolinguistics 427.009 K11c 978-0-8058-4733-8 251212 20260803094033.0